On 6/7/2011 1:12, Invisible wrote:
> That being the case, Windows Vista is still the first OS aimed at the casual
> user base which actually has half-decent security.

XP had half-decent security. Pretty much the same security as Vista, except 
that Vista runs admin programs in a different screen space to avoid shatter 
attacks. You're still logged in as an administrator by default. If you mean 
the UAC, most people don't pay any attention to whether that makes sense to 
be popping up or not.

> (I would say "so why don't they make a business version with *real*
> security?"

They do. You just have to actually use the one you have.  XP had real 
security. About as good as UNIX (and better in some ways) as long as you 
didn't log in as administrator by default. No amount of technical security 
is going to force people to use it.

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Darren New, San Diego CA, USA (PST)
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    driving without turn signals."

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